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Old 18-01-2013, 02:27 PM
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After reverting to the 3.28 beta, I performed a 2 star alignment successfully and then went to the polar align. This time the error was smaller than stated with the 3.33b? After adjusting I placed it back to home and then did another 2 star align. I expected it to nail Sirius in the cross hairs but for some reason I had to make adjustments. After the align I once again performed the polar align and instead of minor moves I had to make a significant az alt align?? I spent some time getting it right and watching for drift. I eventually was happy and confirmed the adjustment. I put it back to home and asked it to goto a star and it missed again? Apart from the strange goto problem the polar align seems solid and whilst imaging Jupiter it stayed near the center of a 640 x480 pic on a 1/3" chip for more than 10 minutes with no guiding at all just the mount tracking. Not perfect but then it is a beta!

I hope skywatcher can resolve these problems as a fully working version of syncscan would be fantastic.

All the best

Paul
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